Tag Archives: Safe Shelter

Safe Judgment

Justice isn’t a game. But all too often we act like it is. Winning is the goal. People pursue personal benefit, political advantage or financial gain instead of justice. Someone goes free on a technicality. Favors are traded. Bribes are … Continue reading

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Shelter from the Storm

  Hurricane, cyclone, typhoon — what’s the difference? Location, location, location.   While America watched Hurricane Florence’s painfully slow approach to the Carolinas, Typhoon Mangkhut slammed the northern Philippines. In the North Atlantic and Northeast Pacific oceans, these storms are … Continue reading

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Safety for Chinese Christians

  China is a big country, and Christians in different regions face different challenges. Government-approved churches are recognized by the Three Self Patriotic Movement (TSPM), meaning:   self-governed, self-funded, and self-propagated (with no foreign our outside missions influence); patriotic, with … Continue reading

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Safe Income

  There’s nothing like the shelter of a steady paycheck. Lots of people have the ability, perseverance and good ideas to successfully run their own businesses. What they lack is start-up money.   There are places in the world where … Continue reading

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Sheltered Advisors

  Joseph and Daniel are Old Testament examples of godly advisors to heads of state. Surely there are many men and women of God behind the scenes in national, state and local government.    Capitol Ministries is one organization working … Continue reading

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Shelter from Violence

  “We want to encourage the nation to make Chicago their prayer target.” Pastor Dimas Salaberrios Concerts of Prayer Greater New York   The violence in Chicago is prayer-worthy. In the first half of August, more than 100 were shot … Continue reading

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Safe Steps

“The day Ulrich arrived on the Africa Mercy for his free surgery, volunteer surgeon, Dr. Frank Haydon, was shocked. “He moved like an insect. Like a cricket. I’d never seen anything quite like it.’” 12 year old Ulrich’s muscles hadn’t developed at … Continue reading

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Shelter from Heat, Ash and Flames

“Ashley Myers and her family . . . ate a breakfast of biscuits and gravy from paper plates outside the CrossPointe Community Church. The family had been at the church, now a shelter, for three days, after evacuating their home … Continue reading

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Sheltered by Prayer

  Every now and then, someone crosses my path who seems to have no connection to any people of faith. I wonder if this lost soul is on anyone’s prayer list.   James 5:16 (KJV) The effectual fervent prayer of … Continue reading

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Safe Space for Someone Else’s Kids

There are over 400,000 foster children in America. Their own parents are unable, unwilling or unfit to care for them. Some kids spend a few weeks in the foster care system. Others are in foster care for years, sometimes bounced … Continue reading

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